Public mum on Lafayette's budget

City council also OKs annexation

11:15 PM,
Oct. 1, 2012

Written by

Justin Mack
jmack@jconline.com

No one from the public spoke at a Monday night public hearing on the city of Lafayette's proposed 2013 budget.

Held during the city council meeting, the hearing gave citizens the chance to weigh in on the new spending plan that comes in at about $53.2 million - $1.8 million higher than last year's approved budget.

Lafayette Mayor Tony Roswarski previously stated that one reason the city was drafting a larger budget this year is because of the assessed evaluation growth quotient of 2.8 percent handed down by the state. That 2.8 percent is the amount of new money with which city officials have the ...